Some facts about the 2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders:
SCHOOL COLORS: Black and red
FOUNDED: 1923
ENROLLMENT: 28,260
LOCATED: Lubbock, Texas
COACH: Mike Leach, ninth season at Tech and overall (65-37)
2006 RECORD: 9-4 (4-4, 3rd Big 12 South)
LAST BOWL: 2007 Gator Bowl, beat Virginia 31-28.
STADIUM: Jones AT&T Stadium (52,882)
RETURNING STARTERS: 18 (10 offense, 8 defense)
KEY PLAYERS: QB Graham Harrell, WR Michael Crabtree, RB Aron Crawford, OL Louis Vasquez, OL Mickey Okafor
KEY RECRUITS: T Chris Perry, DE McKinner Dixon, QB Seth Doege
KEY DEPARTURES: WR Danny Amendola, K Alex Trlica
COACHSPEAK: “If you’re in last (place) you try to win all your games. If you’re in first (place) you try to win all your games. You just do the best you can and see what happens.”—Leach
2008 SCHEDULE:
Aug. 30—Eastern Washington
Sept. 6—at Nevada
Sept. 13—SMU
Sept. 20—Massachusetts
Oct. 4—at Kansas State
Oct. 11—Nebraska
Oct. 18—at Texas A&M
Oct. 25—at Kansas
Nov. 1—Texas
Nov. 8—Oklahoma State
Nov. 22—at Oklahoma
Nov. 29—Baylor
